Tonsillectomy Recovery Day by Day
Day 7
A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their seventh day of tonsillectomy healing
I have assembled a sampling of various accounts and impressions of tonsillectomy recovery for each day. Below I share comments about tonsillectomy day 7. These comments are taken from tonsillectomy patients who were kind enough to share their experiences to help others as they navigate the bumpy road of tonsillectomy recovery.
Please feel free to add your own experience with tonsillectomy day 7.
Tonsillectomy Healing Day 7 Recovery : Light? At the end of the tunnel?
- Tonsillectomy Day 7 :Breakdown. Crying, laughing, sucked into YouTube. Is there no end?
- During the night I noticed a weird sensation in my ears. It was a hollow feeling, kind of like I have water in my ears and they tend to pop really severely when I swallow. Other than the ears, the throat isn’t bad. I tried eating blueberry pancakes for breakfast and I was able to get a few pieces down, but then it was uncomfortable, so I stopped. The last thing I want to do is rush myself. I’ve made it this far, I don’t want to do anything that will negatively affect my progress. The swelling is finally gone – I think. My tongue and the scabs used to be white – or so I was told – but now my tongue is like a grayish color. If that is normal, I’m not sure, but I’m not that worried about it. I know I’m still recovering, but I noticed a weird feeling when I was swallowing today. The water just kind of flows down my throat now; before it used to touch my tonsils. I know I don’t have tonsils anymore and that’s why; I’m just curious if it is something I will have to adapt to once I’m fully healed. I guess I’ll have to wait and see. My ear pain is still there but it is definitely not as bad as it was from days 3-5.
- It’s been one full week as of today that I had my tonsils removed. I saw the ENT yesterday and he said I was healing very slowly. The scabs still have not come off and every day seems to hurt more than the previous day. This morning has been almost completely unbearable. I don’t understand how some of you say you eat toast. How do you choke that down? Everything hurts! Warm, cold, it doesn’t matter it feels like swallowing knives.
- Day 7 you did it! I mean I could barely stand due to the pain. Trying to coat my stomach with Ensure that morning so I could take my pain meds was like aggressively shaving my throat with a million shards of glass. And the ears! Not the ears!
- day 7 post-op and am doing amazingly well. I thought I would share my tips to help some of you out! It really is important to drink, drink, drink! Every time I woke up from my sleep I would be in such enormous pain because my throat had dried out. Every time I wake up during the night I take a sip of water which I found has helped. Twice a day I have done a saltwater gargle with a teaspoon of salt in 500ml of water for 30 seconds. This apparently removes the bacteria and the salt is good for healing. The day after my surgery I had a tiny little bit of toast.Are you concerned about pain medicine addiction? Read more…
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Day 7 – I feel like I’m never going to recover. It’s been 7 days I haven’t been able to eat at all. It hurts to even swallow the chicken noodle soup. I’ve dropped 15lbs so far and today my ears are on fire, my tongue hurts so much and I am super frustrated and hungry.
I’m not sure how long this will take but I feel like it’s going to be a solid 2 weeks before I’m back to normal again!
This sucks big time!
Yay day 7! 🙂 I’m so proud of surviving a week of hell. I’ve spent last night in hospital due to bleeding that happened the day before. I was happy to be looked after in case of another bleed which thankfully didn’t happen. This morning has been the same as days 4-5-6 really just the regular pain in the ears, neck… feeling sick. Ear pain reduced once I started to drink so that’s great. I hope today will be kind to me. Also hoping that from tomorrow or day 9 I’ll start feeling better overall.
27 yr old female.
I read a lot of posts on here and it looks like everyone is in excruciating pain day 4-7 warries, for some maybe even later. It’s due to your scabs falling off and honestly once the majority of it fall off, the whole life becomes easier. It usually takes about 3 days. What I’ve noticed and I think it’s really important is that no matter if people have taken Vicodin, oxycodone, Tylenol or ibuprofen the amount of the pain is the same for everyone during the first few days. The medicine lasts for about an hour to two max and you’re dying for the following 2 hours anyway, so why not go easy on your body and stick with smaller dosage of liquid ibuprofen every 4 hours instead of poisoning your body with stuff that’s making you even more miserable? One night I took 600 mg ibuprofen, the next I took 200mg- made no difference in pain level. Both nights I woke up 2 hrs later crying in pain. The best think I recommend is stay on liquid diet as much as you can, literally blend everything and drink it, gargle with saline solution 3 times a day, ice your throat and put heating pack on your ears and jaw. The light at the end of the tunnel is close! Hang in there
DO NOT TAKE NSAIDS, IBUPROFEN, OR ASPIRIN BEFORE OR AFTER A TONSILLECTOMY!!!
The “tip” you just gave could get someone hurt, think twice before posting bad medical advice. Taking ibuprofen is literally the one thing you SHOULDN’T do in this instance.
The primary complication with this surgery is hemorrhage during the period that the scabs come off. If you’re loading you body up with medications that thin your blood (aspirin, ibuprofen) then you are increasing this risk significantly.
Although extremely rare, it CAN lead to DEATH from a bleedout if the bleeding isn’t caught soon enough.
It blows my mind that people like you are ignorant of this, considering the ENT/Nurses/Surgery Center staff would have specifically told you this numerous times…
Actually many ENT’s do now recommend NSAID’s. They didn’t 8 years ago when I got my tonsillectomy. I think the key is not to look for medical advice here or elsewhere on the web. Ask your doctor.
First of all, no scientific data exists that suggests ibuprofen promotes post operative bleeding. NSAID means non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, not blood thinner. Get your facts straight before commenting or giving medical advice. Aspirin, on the other hand, will thin your blood as it is it’s primary purpose.
The nurses, ENT’s, and other healthcare staff will not give you medically irrelevant data or incorrect and unsafe methods of care.
Take it from me. I am an educated healthcare professional and I am sure that you are not.
My doctors and ENTS have prescribed me ibuprofen?!? And now your saying I’m gonna bleed out and die from it?!??
Your tone sucks! Better way if communicating your concerns. Btw Im a registered nurse and a nursing professor. And Yes though NSAID do have the capabilities to thin blood, post operatively it is unlikely. We alternate ibuprofen and Tylenol after this procedure as a protocol and it is very safe. There are different opinions about giving NSAID post op especially after t & a, but it is the opinion and preference of the doc.
hey guys I’m on day 7 and last night was the worst night of them all for me. I was barley able to sleep maybe a good solid 4 hours? ,so im extremly exhausted. My pain seems to get worse at night so it sucks?but I wonder why? I drink water during the night to keep my throat hydrated but it still manages to hurt really bad. I had soup today for the first time even though it was only acouple of bites I manged to get it down. No matter what I consume even if its water cold or warm my right side burns!!! Does anyone else have a digusting taste in there mouth? My breath smells like burnt flesh and the taste? ugh !!!! I usually chew gum but I ran out yesterday and havent had the chance to get more. I’ve aslo noticed that chewing gum helps with the ear pain alittle. Im so sick of eating jello and applesause and now soup? I just wana fast forward through the recovery and get to the part where im sinking my teeth into a fat juicy burger from my fave spot? And does anyone else feel like they sound like a charater from the muppets? lol cause I swear all this swelling makes me sound like miss piggy?
Loool my mom said I sound like Kermit xD I’m on day 7 currently!!
Omg my son called me toilet breath! But i get so focused trying to get that taste away, I stab the back if my throat with the tooth brush. My ENT got after me with a rolled up magazine when I told him yesterday. Also said I have thrush. Yay! On top of HELLA pain, starvation, and sleep deprivation, I now have yeast infection of the mouth?!?!? TFOH! Pain meds aren’t working. Had soup and the best day on day 5, but the rest have sucked tremendously! Good luck to you.
I just have to say thank you to this website I found this prior to getting my tonsils out and couldnt read to much at that time because it was freakin me the hell out. But I must say since day 1 I check my recovery daily and everyone pretty much goes through the same situations the same days its like a “Tonsil Family” Im currently heading into day 7 its scary to think they all say day 8 is the worst because let me tell you I cant believe I made it this far and to hear it is going to get worse scares shit out of me I have never in my life experienced so much pain and discomfort.. My neck throat and tongue are extremely swollen It feels like razor blades in the back of your throat, the pain in my ears are so unbearable and even a sip of water is torture. I mean this is no joke…I forgot what sleep is and I gave up on food on day 3.. at this point Im in so much pain and agony I dont even think about food any more all I want is the pain to subside so I can get some decent sleep and feel human again. ???????
Hang in there Sarah. It will get better and soon!
I’m on day 5 or 6 not really sure. I’m really struggling for energy today as lack of food and sleep. Managed some noodles today and some jelly but didn’t taste the same. Sneezed earlier… bad idea… ouch!!! I’m finding it difficult as I still have a family to look after and they seem incapable of looking after me so it’s that or all goes to poop. So I had my op on Tues and it’s now Sunday. When’s it gonna get better?,?